PayPal Survey Asks Questions Regarding Bitcoin

In a recent PayPal survey regarding online shopping and payment methods, PayPal asked Reddit user SwiftBoatVet whether or not they used Bitcoin as a method of payment for goods and services. That's when Vet startedtaking screenshots of the questions that PayPal began asking once they said yes. CCN. In a post on Reddit, Vet stated, "Halfway through, the questions changed to Bitcoin specific. There were about four to five pages comparing PayPal and Bitcoin." The questions, documented throughout this article, were asking Vet to rate PayPal against Bitcoin on a scale from one to ten; one being....

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